• Founded by Asma Jahangir in 1980

    AGHS is the first and leading law firm in Pakistan
    providing free legal representation to the vulnerable

    Tributes to South Asia’s Human Rights Champion
  • There was a time when human rights
    was not even an issue in this country

    women’s rights were thought of as a western concept.
    Now people do talk about rights – political parties talk about it,
    even religious parties talk about it
    – Asma Jahangir –

    Research and Publications
  • AGHS has advised on 17 key pieces of legislation

    and acted in 62 landmark cases that have changed the law

    Our Landmark Cases
65

Landmark Judgments

17

Advised on key piece of legislation advancing Human Rights

43,591

Total beneficiaries of the 16 community based Paralegal centers

480

Lower Court cases (Civil & Criminal) in 2019

119

Superior Court cases in 2019

297

Bail applications in 2019

OUR LEGAL RESEARCH and PUBLICATIONS

Sexual Offences

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